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Review 1DiscussionA review by GenerationofSwine
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Written by GenerationofSwine on Sat Jan 14 2023
I'm sorry, but I guess you had to see it in 1981.
Part of the distaste here is that it doesn't really compare to Spike Lee's last good film.
And the other part is Morgan Freeman. It's really hard to see him as Malcolm X. That's not to say that he isn't a good actor, and it is not to say that Washington is a better actor.
Push comes to shove anyone will take Freeman over Washington for most roles...and Freeman does his best, but he just doesn't have it in his personality to capture Malcolm X. He's lacking the ominous intensity he's, well...
...it's honestly just really hard to see Fr...
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